John Campbell-Mac was brought up by his grand parents William and Mary Campbell. The family moved from Canning Town in East London to Colchester in Essex when John was the age of 5. After being bullied as a child he was encouraged by his grandfather to take up boxing and boxed for the Castle Colchester Boxing Club. He won the award for best prospect in his first competitive season and later became club champion eventually moving back to London to forward his career.
His acting talent first came to the attention of his school teachers where he was given regularly main character in school plays and later in amateur theatre productions. Upon leaving school, he worked in construction, as a physical fitness instructor, model, dancer and as a professional boxer and continued his training in martial arts including Muay Thai (Thai boxing), karate and taekwondo.
He trained at the City Literature Institute, the Impulse Theatre Company and the Actors' Centre, London. After moving to Hollywood in 2010 he worked with Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Marjie Haber and Bob Corf.
CareerEdit
John Campbell-Mac has been working consistently as an actor since 1995 in many leading and supporting roles. He is often cast as a lovable rogue, tough guy but is at his best when playing comedy.
He received positive reviews for the movie Winner Takes All where he acted in the lead role, a film he also wrote and produced. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award, and was included in the official selection for over 40 festivals worldwide.
John attended the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 to help promote three films that he was starring in showing there, including the multi award-winning 45 and Left Holding Baby and the political thriller 31 North 62 East.
He relocated to Hollywood in 2010 although he still has a base in London.
He wrote and produced the TV series Futch Tube and played one of the leading roles in the improv TV series L.A Paranormal for Koldcast TV. He also played the lead in the comedy Hit the Big Time filmed in Hollywood, Las Vegas, London and Utah. He played in a British gangster feature Butterflies and Bullets.
John puts in an appearance at the start of his brother Chico Slimani's music video (Curvy Cola Bottle Body) as a journalist. He also appears as a comedy fighter in the Professor Green video "A Hard Night Out".
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This biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources John Campbell Mac news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Campbell Mac born in Canning Town East London England and is an actor and producer based in Hollywood California John Campbell MacBornJohn Campbell Mac1973Canning Town East London EnglandNationalityBritishOccupation s Actor screenwriter film producerYears active1995 present Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3 1 Producer 3 2 Writer 3 3 Actor 4 External linksEarly life EditJohn Campbell Mac was brought up by his grand parents William and Mary Campbell The family moved from Canning Town in East London to Colchester in Essex when John was the age of 5 After being bullied as a child he was encouraged by his grandfather to take up boxing and boxed for the Castle Colchester Boxing Club He won the award for best prospect in his first competitive season and later became club champion eventually moving back to London to forward his career His acting talent first came to the attention of his school teachers where he was given regularly main character in school plays and later in amateur theatre productions Upon leaving school he worked in construction as a physical fitness instructor model dancer and as a professional boxer and continued his training in martial arts including Muay Thai Thai boxing karate and taekwondo He trained at the City Literature Institute the Impulse Theatre Company and the Actors Centre London After moving to Hollywood in 2010 he worked with Ivana Chubbuck Studio Marjie Haber and Bob Corf Career EditJohn Campbell Mac has been working consistently as an actor since 1995 in many leading and supporting roles He is often cast as a lovable rogue tough guy but is at his best when playing comedy He has appeared in many films including 31 North 62 East alongside John Rhys Davies and Marina Sirtis Visible Scars with Tom Sizemore and Hit The Big Time with Jason Lee Hyde He received positive reviews for the movie Winner Takes All where he acted in the lead role a film he also wrote and produced The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award and was included in the official selection for over 40 festivals worldwide John attended the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 to help promote three films that he was starring in showing there including the multi award winning 45 and Left Holding Baby and the political thriller 31 North 62 East He relocated to Hollywood in 2010 although he still has a base in London He wrote and produced the TV series Futch Tube and played one of the leading roles in the improv TV series L A Paranormal for Koldcast TV He also played the lead in the comedy Hit the Big Time filmed in Hollywood Las Vegas London and Utah He played in a British gangster feature Butterflies and Bullets John puts in an appearance at the start of his brother Chico Slimani s music video Curvy Cola Bottle Body as a journalist He also appears as a comedy fighter in the Professor Green video A Hard Night Out Filmography EditProducer Edit 2004 Winner Takes All producer 2007 Left Holding Baby executive producer producer 2009 Three Pints of Beer 2009 producer 2009 45 producer 2009 A Geek Walks into a Pub producer 2009 Hit the Big Time 2009 producer 2011 Futch Tube TV series producer 2021 Green Rush The Ultimate Strain Producer Writer Edit 2004 Winner Takes All writer 2007 Left Holding Baby writer 2009 Three Pints of Beer screenplay 2009 A Geek Walks into a Pub screenplay 2009 Hit the Big Time screenplay 2011 Futch Tube Writer Screenplay 2011 L A Paranormal Screenplay 2021 Green Rush The Ultimate Strain Writer Actor Edit 1995 Porkpie Jo TV series in episode Why Me 1997 Family Affairs Troy TV series 1 episode 1998 Hale and Pace Roger the Lover TV series 1 episode 2000 London s Burning Rico TV series 1 episode 2002 Baddiel amp Skinner Unplanned Viking TV 1 episode 2004 Winner Takes All Stranger 2004 Audition John 2005 New Town Original Pete Bodybuilder 2005 Hell to Pay Mike stripper 2006 fIXers Klaus 2006 Are You Ready for Love Mick 2007 Left Holding Baby Dad 2007 Stagknight Wolf 2008 Ten Dead Men Parker 2009 Three Pints of Beer Old Man 2009 45 Jaden 2009 31 North 62 East also known as Too Close to the Truth Private Frank Matthews 2009 A Geek Walks into a Pub Geek 2009 Scaranna James 2009 Hit the Big Time Cooper 2010 You Kill Me Bill 2011 1000 Ways to Die Bar room Brawler 2011 Crossroads The Englishman 2011 Visible Scars James Photographer 2011 Futch Tube Mac TV series in 4 episodes Straight Shooter Shaken Not The Pilot in 2 parts 2011 L A Paranormal John London 2012 Spanners Harry Anderson 2012 Courage New Hampshire Captain Daniel Cressey 2013 Star Power Charles Burns 2013 Crossroads The Englishman 2013 Stay in the Car Jack 2013 Futch Tube Mac TV series in 2 episodes Bring on the babes amp The killer cold 2014 British Hustle Inspector Bradley Pooper 2014 Get Down Inspector Bradley Pooper Himself Music Video 2015 The Bouncer Danny Martin 2015 The Immigration Game Hugh 2016 Amateurs Coach 2016 The Irrelevant The Captain 2016 The Life of Riley Daniel Cressy 2016 A Million Dead Presidents Gaggee Barks 2016 3riple B Hank 2017 CAll Me King Tuggs 2017 General Hospital TV series 2 episodes Kidnapper 2017 Whacksaw Fridge Sugar Tits 2018 Dunsingin Commander Cowell 2018 Star Power Charles Burn 2018 Rusty Pipes Music Video Will the Wheeler Dealer 2018 Meaning of Violence Kerwick 2018 Black Coffee Colin 2019 My Favourite Muff The Queen 2019 Head in a bag Colin 2020 Hot Like Hell Philip 2020 Get Your Gonads Gary s Son 2021 Green Rush The Ultimate Strain CooperExternal links EditJohn Campbell Mac at IMDb John Campbell Mac official website Facebook https www facebook com pages John Campbell Mac 328837833916597 Hit The Big Time official website Blood Sweat And Too Many Tears official Myspace Ten Dead Men official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Campbell Mac amp oldid 1115744102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
